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Sydney Airport raising priced

Bridget Carter
Investment bank UBS launched a renounceable entitlement offer for the airport to provide balance sheet strength amid COVID-19 disruptions. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett
Investment bank UBS launched a renounceable entitlement offer for the airport to provide balance sheet strength amid COVID-19 disruptions. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Sydney Airport’s book build for the shortfall of shares for its $2bn equity raising has been priced at $5.30 per share.

It comes after earlier in the day it was covered at $5.20 per share and also 80 per cent covered at $5.25 per share, according to a book message sent out to investors earlier in the day.

Investment bank UBS launched a renounceable entitlement offer for the airport to provide balance sheet strength amid COVID-19 disruptions.

A book build was launched for the shortfall of shares not taken up by institutional shareholders, which was 20m shares worth $93m at the offer price.

The floor price for the book build that enables new investors to take up stock was $4.56 per share and bids were being accepted in 5c increments from $4.60.

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Bridget Carter
Bridget CarterDataRoom Editor

Bridget Carter has worked as a writer and editor for The Australian’s DataRoom column since it was launched in 2013, focusing on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment banking. She has been a journalist for more than 18 years, covering a broad range of events and topics, including high profile court cases and crimes, natural disasters, social issues and company news.

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